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Of course, it’s unrealistic to keep children and teenagers away from search engines such as Google and Bing. Those search engines are their gateway to everything the world has to offer, from social media to playing games, etc. But do they need all that stuff for their school work? Most likely, they don’t.

By Mr Ian Ashman, FE Consultant, Former Principal of Hackney Community College and President of the Association of Colleges How many teachers have you heard say “Google it” in response to a question from a student or when setting an assignment? Followed...

By: Leila Khouja Walker, UK Lead at Wizenoze The internet is such an integral part of our lives. In fact, it has become a human rights violation for governments to purposely obstruct its citizens’ access to it. That’s according to the United Nations Human...

Of course, it’s unrealistic to keep children and teenagers away from search engines such as Google and Bing. Those search engines are their gateway to everything the world has to offer, from social media to playing games, etc. But do they need all that stuff for their school work? Most likely, they don’t.

A new study highlights that many EU Member states national policies cover all themes and pillars of the BIK strategy to some extent. However, the area of positive content for children (Pillar 1) is less adhered to. 10 countries report there is zero national policy on quality online content for children.

A report, from UK-based children’s website Beano.com, surveyed 2,000 British parents. When asked to suggest who should be responsible for ensuring the safety of their children using the internet, 95 percent felt the weight of responsibility on them as parents or hoped older siblings would play an active role.

How can you improve the readability of your website, blog, newsletter, or brochure? Here are 4 tips for readable writing: Get to the point quickly. Keep your text concise. Use plain language. And write readable sentences. Scroll down for more details. But why should...

By Gerben de Vries and Rosa Stern At Wizenoze we have developed a state-of-the-art algorithm to accurately predict the reading level of a text on a five-level scale. With this blog we want to give some insight into the nuts and bolts of our technology.Readability...